SCENE 1 — NULL'S MIND IS COLLAPSING
Null sits alone in an abandoned shrine, rain tapping on cracked stone.
He breathes slowly—but something is wrong.
Images flash in his head:
Hyung smilingAizeno's voiceNemica's hand"brother…""fake brother…""monster…""weapon…""experiment…"
Null grabs his head.
His vision tears apart into black static.
Null (whispering):"…I can't… remember…what did he erase…?"
He sees a memory—a little boy crying—a hand pulling him away—
A voice:"You belong to me."
Null collapses, gasping.
Nemica rushes in.
Nemica:"Null! Look at me— breathe—"
Null's eyes turn black-gold.His Copy-Past power activates involuntarily, copying emotions, energies, even memories around him.
He copies fear.Pain.Rage.Trauma.
His mind becomes a blank page devouring everything.
Nemica grabs his face gently.
Nemica (soft):"Goo Gun Null…please come back."
He shakes—but her voice anchors him.
Null:"…Nemica…?"
She hugs him tightly.
Nemica:"You're not alone.Not anymore."
His breathing stabilizes—for now.
SCENE 2 — AIZENO'S MAIN PALACE
The deepest forbidden room.
Aizeno sits on a throne made of glass and white veins that pulse like arteries.
Aizeno:"Luxion is injured.Seraphin is entertained.Hyung awakened Mid-Prime…"
He smiles faintly.
Aizeno:"Good.Everything follows my design."
He stands and approaches a massive black pillar with symbols on it—Null's true memories sealed inside.
Aizeno touches the surface.
A giant ripple spreads.
Aizeno:"My little brother…I shaped you with my hands."
He presses harder.
A lock begins to open—
KRRR— KRRR— KRRR—
Then—
BOOM.
A shockwave blasts through the hall.
Aizeno staggers—not from explosionbut from a single punch to the back of his head.
Aizeno flies across the roomand smashes through three pillars.
The palace trembles.
Aizeno sits up, stunned.
Aizeno:"…Who…?"
Footsteps echo.
A silhouette stands in the doorway—black coatempty eyeshair messy like someone who doesn't care about rules.
His presence is oppressive.Silent.Wrong.
Aizeno—the strongest man in the world—looks confused for the FIRST time.
Aizeno:"Impossible…You're not supposed to exist anymore."
The figure doesn't answer.
He just gives one small, emotionless sentence:
"Null belongs to me."
Aizeno's eyes widen.
He lunges.
The figure moves once—his finger touches Aizeno's forehead.
FLASH.
Aizeno's mind goes blank.
Total blackout.No thoughts.Like someone deleted his brain for one second.
Aizeno collapses to one knee, shaking, horrified.
Aizeno:"…what… are you…?"
The figure turns away slowly.
Voice empty.Almost hollow.
"I am the page before your story."
And he disappears.
Leaving the strongest man alivetremblingconfusedand afraid for the first time.
SCENE 3 — NULL FEELS SOMETHING
Back at the shrine—
Null suddenly gasps.
His eyes tremble.He feels something move inside the world's fabric.
Null (whispering):"…someone…someone touched my existence."
Nemica:"Null? What do you mean?"
Null stands.
For the first time, his voice trembles:
Null:"I'm not scared of Aizeno.I'm scared of whoever scared him."
The chapter ends.